Hello, all. The state championship is
this Sat and Sun. MOST IMPORTANTLY:
* Registration is from 9am to 10am
Saturday, with first round at 10:30am
* Make sure your AGA membership is
current, or we cannot include you
* Parking will be challenging from
10am-6pm due to an event at Phinney Community Center
* Plan for lunch or join the pizza order
to avoid missing the start of the afternoon round
There is an Open Tournament for strong,
qualifying attendees (all even games to determine the state champion) and a
Handicap Ratings Tournament. There will be 5 rounds -- two rounds
Saturday and three rounds Sunday. There is a handicap tournament like
our monthly ratings tournaments, and you can play fewer than 5 rounds if
you want.
SGC will order pizza for attendees' lunch
convenience, and the cost is $15 per person per day (for 4 slices of a
cheese or pepperoni large pie cut into 10 slices).
The top scoring player in the Open Tournament who has lived in
Washington state for six months or more will win the 2024 Washington
State Championship title and trophy.
The top scoring players in the Open Tournament that are employable in
the United States win the championship prize money -- $300 for
top score, $150 for second top score, and $75 for third top score.
Handicap Tournament cash prizes and youth prizes depend on
registrations.
You must have a current AGA membership. Please renew ahead of
time to make registration easier and to make starting on time
possible. Go to AGA membership join/update page to check your
membership status, renew, or join. Parents, you must make sure your
kids are valid members. If someone cannot become an AGA member before
the first round of pairing, you cannot play because we submit all game
records to the AGA.
More Details:
* Registration time:
December 7th, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
* Saturday First Round Starts:
December 7th, 10:30 AM (second round around 2:00pm)
* Sunday Third
Round Starts: December 8th, 10:30 AM (fourth around 1:30pm, fifth round
around 3:30pm)
* Entry Free: $20 for non-voting members, $10 for
voting members, Youth (under 18) are free (the $10 fee is paid by a grant
from AGF), and spectators are free.
* Time Controls: 45 mins main time
with 5 byo-yomi periods of 30 seconds.
* Tie-Breaker: SOS (sum of
opponent scores), SODOS (sum of defeated opponents' scores), and lastly a
tie-breaking game
This event is sponsored by the AGA State Championship fund,
the AGA Tournament Support Program, and the Seattle AGA Chapter. Big thanks
to the AGA for their support.